| 单词 | prick |
| 释义 | prick (once / 688 pages) 1vn 2n 3v If you pierce your skin with a thorn, needle, or similar sharp object, you prick your skin. The mark it leaves on you is also called a prick. You can also use prick to describe the sensation of tears welling — your favorite sad movie might make tears prick your eyes. Your conscience can prick you as well, when it makes you feel uncomfortable about something. Prick is also a vulgar term for a man's penis and a way to address someone (usually a man) who is acting like a total ass. It is best not to use these terms in polite company. WORD FAMILYprick: pricked, pricker, pricking, pricks+/pricker: prickers/pricking: prickings USAGE EXAMPLESShe feels like someone has been pricking a voodoo doll made in her image. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) But now the prick of a needle was nothing. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) On the telephone and television, on radio and in the newspapers, each had done his best to prick the ego of the other. Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1 1v make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample Syn|Hypo|Hyper prickle needle prick with a needle pierce make a hole into 2v stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick Syn|Hyper goad jab, stab stab or pierce 3v cause a prickling sensation Syn|Hyper prickle sting, twinge cause a stinging pain 4v cause a stinging pain The needle pricked his skin Syn|Hypo|Hyper sting, twinge prickle cause a prickling sensation ache, hurt, suffer feel physical pain 5v to cause a sharp emotional pain The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience Hyper arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 6v deliver a sting to Syn|Hyper bite, sting pierce make a hole into 7n the act of puncturing with a small point he gave the balloon a small prick Syn|Hyper pricking puncture the act of puncturing or perforating 8n a depression scratched or carved into a surface 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper dent, incision, scratch, slit score, scotch a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) depression, impression, imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing 1n insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous Hyper disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable 2n obscene terms for penis 3Hyper penis the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) v raise The dog pricked up his ears Syn|Hyper cock up, prick up erect, rear cause to rise up |
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